Akeelah and the Bee
20061h 53mPG
71%
353 TMDB ratings
Directed by Doug Atchison
11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finals. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.
Changing the world... one word at a time.
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- Release date
- April 28, 2006
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Director
- Doug Atchison
- Box office
- $18,948,425
- Rated
- PG
